Here’s the kitchen sink for September 6, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!

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Here is the kitchen sink for September 6, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

ComplexDiscovery OÜ Launches Summer 2024 eDiscovery Business Confidence Survey as Interest in Generative AI Surges: Actually, we have eleven stories again this week, as it’s time for another Business Confidence Survey from ComplexDiscovery. Check it out, then fill it out! I did.

Microsoft Roadmap: August 2024 – New Purview eDiscovery Portal: Again, if you’re not checking out these Microsoft roadmap updates from Greg Buckles on eDiscovery Journal, you have no excuse for not being up to date on how M365, Purview and Teams impact eDiscovery. Check out the very first item – Greg tested it and found it didn’t work. Ha! 😀

AI And Cybersecurity: Now Inseparable: Terrific article by three people I respect – Sharon Nelson, John Simek and Michael Maschke of Sensei Enterprises – covering the importance of leveraging AI in cyber because the hackers are doing it. Makes me miss Ride the Lightning.

Cops’ favorite face image search engine fined $33M for privacy violation: The Dutch are at it again! This time, it’s the controversial facial recognition tech company Clearview AI. If only we could see their faces now! 😉

Artificial Intelligence, Law Firms, and the Marx Brothers: The title of this article from Heather Suttie caught my attention and this quote made me laugh: “According to a recent study,…58 per cent of legal professionals said they don’t believe GenAI will impact the rates they charge clients. What tommyrot.” 😀

Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics: YOU get AI! And YOU get AI! 😉 At least, you get it in the way that Sam Altman and Bill Gates see it. 😐

Missing Just That One Piece: Why eDiscovery is Like Algebra: Great article by Dr. Gavin Manes on the ACEDS blog about the different “elements” that make up the eDiscovery “equation”. Though I disagree with him in one sense – I sucked at algebra. 😐

Australian government trial finds AI is much worse than humans at summarizing: Well, at least Meta’s Llama2-70B model is. Nonetheless, it should give pause to people who treat gen AI document summarization as the greatest thing since sliced bread – it can make mistakes more often than you think. Trust, but verify.

Court Denied Unopposed Motions for Protective Order and Approval of ESI Protocol: Yes, you read that right – unopposed motions. Michael Berman covers this ruling on the EDRM blog, and I think I might have to add it to next month’s slate of cases for us to cover.

Breaking the Status Quo: Why Legal Technology Providers Must Rethink the CTO Role: Great article by Rob Robinson on ComplexDiscovery. In it, Rob discusses what CTOs need to focus more on, and the benefits and challenges of doing so. Read it to find out what that is.

Generative Search Engines: Providing Answers Not Links: Ralph Losey discusses what you surely must have noticed by now – online search engines like Google using AI to provide actual answers to user queries, not just website links. Ralph also notes: “Upon request the Generative Search Engine should also be able to support its response with citations and yes, even links. Verification is always a good idea with generative AI where errors and hallucinations are still possible.” Agreed, as the linked sites don’t always say what the answers say they say (see the summarizing entry above). Still, for those who “trust, but verify”, it’s an important and useful step.

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for September 6, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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